兜圈 – Bilingual Lyrics Chinese/English

• By: 林宥嘉

Lyrics & Translation

[Chinese]

[English]

兜圈- 林宥嘉

Round and Round - Jam Hsiao

词:陈信延 曲林宥嘉

Lyrics: Chen Xinyan, Music: Jam Hsiao

玩玩积木 换换座位

Playing with building blocks, swapping seats

听听唱片又轮回了几遍

Listening to records, looping through the songs again and again

骑骑单车 荡荡秋千

Riding bikes, swinging on the swings

看看云堆还要吹散几遍

Watching clouds pile up, how many times to blow them away

喔 不知不觉已走了多远

Oh, unknowingly, we've traveled so far

你打呵欠 我游花园

You yawn, I wander through the garden

差一点 多一些

Almost there, a little more

路过了学校花店 荒野到海边

Passing by the school, the flower shop, from the wilderness to the sea

有一种浪漫的爱是浪费时间

There's a kind of romantic love that feels like wasting time

徘徊到繁华世界

Wandering into the bustling city

才发现 你背影 平凡得特别

Only to realize your back looks so ordinary, yet special

绕过了城外边界 还是没告别

Crossed the city limits, but didn't say goodbye

爱错过了太久反而错得完美无缺

Misplaced love for too long, yet the mistake feels perfectly complete

幸福兜了一个圈

Love took a roundabout route to happiness

想去的终点 就在原点

The destination I want to reach is right back at the start

聊聊是非 吐吐苦水

Talking about right and wrong, pouring out our frustrations

喋喋不休是时候谈风月

It's time to talk about passions, to discuss romantic tales

等待误会 熬成约会

Waiting for misunderstandings to turn into dates

重新定位要成为你的谁

Reconsidering who I need to become for you

喔 不知不觉已走了多远

Oh, unknowingly, we've traveled so far

你打呵欠 我游花园

You yawn, I wander through the garden

差一点 多一些

Almost there, a little more

路过了学校花店 荒野到海边

Passing by the school, the flower shop, from the wilderness to the sea

有一种浪漫的爱是浪费时间

There's a kind of romantic love that feels like wasting time

徘徊到繁华世界

Wandering into the bustling city

才发现 你背影 平凡得特别

Only to realize your back looks so ordinary, yet special

绕过了城外边界 还是没告别

Crossed the city limits, but didn't say goodbye

爱错过了太久反而错得完美无缺

Misplaced love for too long, yet the mistake feels perfectly complete

幸福兜了一个圈

Love took a roundabout route to happiness

想起来好像昨天 我们初次见面

Thinking back, it feels like just yesterday we first met

想不起很久以前 少了你在身边

Cannot remember a time long ago when I didn’t have you by my side

谢谢你陪我迷途乐园

Thank you for accompanying me through the迷途中乐园

绕了一个圈才体会

Only after taking a circle do I realize

这样的迂回 多么可贵

This kind of detour is so precious

路过了学校花店 荒野到海边

Passing by the school, from the wilderness to the sea

有一种浪漫的爱是浪费时间

There's a kind of romantic love that feels like wasting time

徘徊到繁华世界

Wandering into the bustling city

才发现 你背影 平凡得特别

Only to realize your back looks so ordinary, yet special

绕过了城外边界 还是没告别

Crossed the city limits, but didn't say goodbye

爱错过了太久反而错得完美无缺

Misplaced love for too long, yet the mistake feels perfectly complete

幸福兜了一个圈

Love took a roundabout route to happiness

那些美好的兜圈

Those wonderful circles

让回忆值得怀念

Make memories worth cherishing

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
玩 /wán/ A1	verb - to play
骑 /qí/ A1	verb - to ride
爱 /ài/ A1	noun - love
时间 /shíjiān/ A2	noun - time
发现 /fāxiàn/ B1	verb - to discover
特别 /tèbié/ B1	adjective - special
浪漫 /làngmàn/ B2	adjective - romantic
幸福 /xìngfú/ B2	noun - happiness
回忆 /huíyì/ B2	noun - memory
迷途 /mítú/ B2	noun - lost way
体会 /tǐhuì/ B2	verb - to experience
边界 /biānjiè/ B2	noun - boundary
学校 /xuéxiào/ A1	noun - school
花店 /huādiàn/ A2	noun - flower shop
海边 /hǎibiān/ A2	noun - seaside
城外 /chéngwài/ B1	noun - outside the city

Key Grammar Structures

• 有一种浪漫的爱是浪费时间

  ➔ Use of '是' to equate or define something.

  ➔ '是' (shì) is used to link the subject with its complement, often to assert identity or characterization.

• 想去的终点 就在原点

  ➔ Use of '的' as a possessive or modifying particle to form relative clauses.

  ➔ '的' (de) modifies nouns to describe or specify the noun, often in relative clauses.

• 反而错得完美无缺

  ➔ Use of '反而' to indicate a contrast or unexpected outcome.

  ➔ '反而' (fǎn'ér) indicates a situation where the outcome is opposite or unexpected relative to what is anticipated.

• 环游花园

  ➔ Use of '游' to express travel or roaming around a place.

  ➔ '游' (yóu) means to wander or travel around a place, emphasizing movement and exploration.

• 路过了学校花店 荒野到海边

  ➔ Use of '了' after verbs to indicate completed action or change of state.

  ➔ '了' (le) indicates that an action has been completed or a change has occurred.

• 我们初次见面

  ➔ Use of '初次' to denote 'first time' or 'initial' occurrence.

  ➔ '初次' (chūcì) means 'for the first time' or 'initially' and is used to describe a first meeting or experience.